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Catastrophes
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"The greatest Afrikaner poet of his generation."—The New Yorker
Reminiscent of Julio Cortázar's Cronopios and Famas, this searing collection of lyrical and often nightmarish prose pieces is inventive in both language and vision. At once vulnerable, playful, heart-wrenching, and melancholy, these dreamscapes shed light on the human condition, exile, and death. A feast for th ...more
Reminiscent of Julio Cortázar's Cronopios and Famas, this searing collection of lyrical and often nightmarish prose pieces is inventive in both language and vision. At once vulnerable, playful, heart-wrenching, and melancholy, these dreamscapes shed light on the human condition, exile, and death. A feast for th ...more
Paperback, 180 pages
Published
June 11th 2013
by Archipelago Books
(first published January 10th 2012)
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Met motieven als "verlaten steden" en "besmettelijke ziekten" is het gewoon heel unheimlich om op het moment surrealistische literatuur te lezen.
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